Time (magazine)

==Special editions==

===Person of the Year===
{{Main|Time Person of the Year{{!}}''Time'' Person of the Year}}
''Time''{{'}}s most famous feature throughout its history has been the annual "Person of the Year" (formerly "Man of the Year") cover story, in which ''Time'' recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on news headlines over the past 12 months. The distinction is supposed to go to the person who, "for good or ill", has most affected the course of the year; it is, therefore, not necessarily an honor or a reward. In the past, such figures as [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]] have been Man of the Year.

In 2006, Person of the Year was "[[You (Time Person of the Year)|You]]", and was met with split reviews. Some thought the concept was creative; others wanted an actual person of the year. Editors Pepper and Timmer reflected that, if it had been a mistake, "we're only going to make it once".<ref>{{cite news| title=The Time of Their Lives| url=http://nymag.com/news/features/28976/| first=Joe| last=Hagan| date=March 2, 2007| magazine=New York| access-date=June 8, 2022| archive-date=October 9, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009110641/http://nymag.com/news/features/28976/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, ''Time'' named the "Silence Breakers", people who came forward with personal stories of sexual harassment, as Person of the Year.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/12/06/times-person-year-silence-breakers-speaking-out-against-sexual-harassment/926184001/| title=Time's Person of the Year: 'Silence Breakers' speaking out against sexual harassment| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| first=Doug| last=Stanglin| date=December 6, 2017| access-date=June 8, 2022| archive-date=May 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524134045/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/12/06/times-person-year-silence-breakers-speaking-out-against-sexual-harassment/926184001/| url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Time'' 100===
{{Main|Time 100{{!}}''Time'' 100}}

In recent years, ''Time'' has assembled an annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Originally, they had made a list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. These issues usually have the front cover filled with pictures of people from the list and devote a substantial amount of space within the magazine to the 100 articles about each person on the list. In some cases, over 100 people have been included, as when two people have made the list together, sharing one spot.

The magazine also compiled "[[Time's List of the 100 Best Novels|All-Time 100 best novels]]" and "[[Time's All-Time 100 Movies|All-Time 100 Movies]]" lists in 2005,<ref>{{cite news| title=All-Time 100 Movies| first=Richard| last=Corliss| author-link=Richard Corliss| author2=Schickel, Richard| author2-link=Richard Schickel| magazine=Time| url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524004942/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 24, 2005| date=February 12, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Best Soundtracks| magazine=Time| url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,soundtracks,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524015339/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,soundtracks,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 24, 2005| date=February 12, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,1068026,00.html| title=That Old Feeling: Secrets of the All-''Time'' 100| first=Richard| last=Corliss| date=June 2, 2005| magazine=Time| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811185345/http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,1068026,00.html| archive-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref> "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time" in 2007,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652529,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028100904/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341_1659192_1652529,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 28, 2007| title=The 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time| first=James| last=Poniewozik| author-link=James Poniewozik| magazine=Time| date=September 6, 2007}}</ref> and "All-Time 100 Fashion Icons" in 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2110513,00.html| title=All-Time 100 Fashion Icons| magazine=Time| date=April 2, 2012| access-date=March 30, 2014 |archive-date=November 21, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121125821/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2110513,00.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2016, ''Time'' mistakenly included the male author [[Evelyn Waugh]] on its "100 Most Read Female Writers in College Classes" list (he was 97th on the list). The error created much media attention and concerns about the level of basic education among the magazine's staff.<ref name=waugh>{{cite web| url=http://www.inquisitr.com/2828207/evelyn-waugh-time/| website=[[Inquisitr]]| title=Evelyn Waugh: 'Time' Names Male Writer In List Of '100 Most Read Female Authors'| first=Jennifer| last=Deutschmann| date=February 25, 2016| access-date=February 26, 2016| archive-date=March 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301175240/https://www.inquisitr.com/2828207/evelyn-waugh-time/| url-status=live}}</ref> ''Time'' later issued a retraction.<ref name=waugh/>  In a [[BBC]] interview with [[Justin Webb]], Professor [[Valentine Cunningham]] of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], described the mistake as "a piece of profound ignorance on the part of ''Time'' magazine".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-35667540/time-magazine-correction-evelyn-waugh-was-not-a-woman |title=Time magazine correction: Evelyn Waugh was not a woman |date=February 26, 2016 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930112226/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-35667540/time-magazine-correction-evelyn-waugh-was-not-a-woman |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Red X covers===
[[File:Time Magazine red X covers.jpg|thumb|''Time''{{'s}} red X covers, including (left to right), [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]], and [[Osama bin Laden]]]]
During its history, on six occasions, ''Time'' has released a special issue with a cover showing an X scrawled over the face of a man or a national symbol. The first ''Time'' magazine with a red X cover was released on May 7, 1945, showing a red X over [[Adolf Hitler]]'s face which was published the week following [[Death of Adolf Hitler|his death]]. The second X cover was released more than three months later on August 20, 1945, with a black X (to date, the magazine's only such use of a black X) covering the [[flag of Japan]], representing the recent [[surrender of Japan]] and which signaled the end of [[World War II]]. Fifty-eight years later, on April 21, 2003, ''Time'' released another issue with a red X over [[Saddam Hussein]]'s face, two weeks after the start of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]. On June 13, 2006, ''Time'' printed a red X cover issue following the death of [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] in a U.S. airstrike in [[Iraq]]. The second most recent red X cover issue of ''Time'' was published on May 2, 2011, after the [[death of Osama bin Laden]].<ref name="redxcovers">{{cite web| date=May 2, 2011| title=A Brief History of Time Magazine's 'X' Covers| first=Ray| last=Gustini| url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2011/05/brief-history-time-magazine-red-x-covers/37269/| magazine=[[The Atlantic|The Wire]]| access-date=August 15, 2014| archive-date=June 23, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623234923/http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2011/05/brief-history-time-magazine-red-x-covers/37269/| url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, the most recent red X cover issue of ''Time'' features a red X scrawled over the pandemic-hit year 2020 and the declaration "the worst year ever".<ref>{{cite news| last       =Waxman| first=Olivia A.| date=December 5, 2020| title=The History Behind Time's Use of a Red 'X' on Its Cover| url=https://time.com/5917946/time-magazine-red-x-cover/| magazine=Time| access-date=December 8, 2020| archive-date=December 8, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208010102/https://time.com/5917946/time-magazine-red-x-cover/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Ritschel| first=Chelsea| date=December 8, 2020| title=Time Declares 2020 'the Worst Year Ever' On Its Latest Cover| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/time-2020-worst-year-ever-red-x-cover-b1767562.html| work=[[The Independent]]| location=London| access-date=December 8, 2020| archive-date=December 7, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207191710/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/time-2020-worst-year-ever-red-x-cover-b1767562.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cover logo replaced by "Vote" logo===
The November 2, 2020, issue of the U.S. edition of the magazine, published the day before the [[2020 United States presidential election]], was the first time that the cover logo "TIME" was not used. The cover of that issue used the word "VOTE" as a replacement logo, along with artwork by [[Shepard Fairey]] of a voter wearing a pandemic face mask. The issue included information on how to vote safely during the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]]. The magazine's editor-in-chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal explained this decision for a one-time cover logo change as a "rare moment, one that will separate history into before and after for generations".<ref name=Felsenthal>{{cite news |last1=Felsenthal |first1=Edward |title=Time Replaced Its Logo on the Cover For the First Time in Its Nearly 100-Year History. Here's Why We Did It |url=https://time.com/5902712/time-replaced-logo-cover-voting/ |magazine=Time |date=October 22, 2020 |access-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024102159/https://time.com/5902712/time-replaced-logo-cover-voting/ |url-status=live}}</ref>